The dangerous websites throughout the Internet can be:
· Malicious websites, ones that deliberately install malware on your computer,
· Hacked sites, which do just the same, only these are legitimate websites that have been compromised into infecting visitors,
· False websites designed e.g. for the purpose of phishing.
AVG LinkScanner is a security tool created to recognize such websites, and give you reliable information and warning.
Search-Shield
AVG LinkScanner cooperates with the most widely used web search engines (Google, Yahoo! and Bing, former MSN) to evaluate the search results, and provide information on whether it is safe to proceed to the respective website or not.
Next to each hyperlink in the list of search results, a little icon is shown, and when you hover over the link, an information pop-up window is displayed.
Search-Shield supports web browsers Safari 1.3.x or higher, and Mozilla Firefox 3.x.
Please note that the search results are generated based on a blacklist (database of known malicious websites) and the evaluation itself cannot be configured.
Surf-Shield
AVG LinkScanner is aimed to protect you real-time from the most serious online threats: malicious, exploitive, and phishing websites. It will scan the source code of any webpage you try to access, and verify the webpage origin. If it discovers anything suspicious, it will interrupt loading the website, and display a notification with more details. Works with any web browser.
The settings for interrupting connections and displaying notifications can be adjusted.
Here are some key features of "AVG LinkScanner":
· Real-time protection from the most serious online threats: malicious, exploitive, and phishing websites
· Recognizes dangerous websites throughout the Internet, and gives you reliable information and warning
· Evaluates search results, and provides information on whether it is safe to proceed to the respective website or not
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Alert messages are now centered
· Position of notifications is configurable
· Fixed behavior of component status icons
· Agent is now started automatically
· Simplified installation
· Enhanced notifications placement
· Added possibility of ignoring component error states
